Captain Paul Hall's P-47D Thunderbolt fighter 'Dixie Gal' of 57th Fighter Group, US 64th Fighter Squadron at rest at Grosseto, Italy, Oct 1944-May 1945; note damaged propellers and A-26 in background

Caption     Captain Paul Hall's P-47D Thunderbolt fighter 'Dixie Gal' of 57th Fighter Group, US 64th Fighter Squadron at rest at Grosseto, Italy, Oct 1944-May 1945; note damaged propellers and A-26 in background ww2dbase
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
17 Apr 2011 08:13:30 PM

Captain Paul M. Hall struck the ground during a strafing attack while on a mission near Milan, Italy. He successfully flew the vibrating aircraft 150 miles back to his airfield at Grosseto, Italy.
2. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
15 Mar 2012 10:09:49 PM

THE JUG WAS BUILT TOUGH:

Hit the ground and bounce back into the air, and still able to fly back to base amazing
3. Anonymous says:
13 Apr 2014 11:38:17 AM

No way this aricraft struck the ground and flew back to home base. Probably it was a belly landing upon returning to its home base that caused all of these damages.

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